Ivory and bluefin tuna top agenda at UN wildlife summit

[theHandpuppet]

No surprise that Japan is against a ban on trading bluefish tuna. And allowing the trade of ivory to resume would spell DISASTER for Africa's elephant populations.

Ivory and bluefin tuna top agenda at UN wildlife summit
Sales of ivory and a possible ban on trading bluefin tuna top the agenda for the two-week CITES meeting that opens this weekend in Doha, Qatar.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8565480.stm

CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species - will set a precedent if it votes to ban trading in a lucrative fish such as bluefin.
The US and EU back the proposal, but Japan is set against.

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But countries considered to have well-managed stocks of elephants and reliable systems for tracking tusks have three times been allowed to sell consignments from government stockpiles.
Zambia and Tanzania are now seeking permission for a further sale.
But other African nations led by Kenya and Mali want a 20-year ban on all ivory exports. They argue that the legal trade stimulates poaching, which has been on the rise in recent years....